Water-cycle.



No. 643,678. Patented Feb. 20, I900. 8. B. PERRY.

WATER CYCLE.

(Application filed Dec. 17, 1898.)

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uventoz Wihwooeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER R. PERRY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATER-CYCLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,678, dated February20, 1900.

Application filed December17,1898- Serial No. 699,669. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLvEsTER R. PERRY, a resident of Worcester, in thecounty of WVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Water-Cycle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a new and useful construction of water-cycle, theobject being to provide a device in which the motive power forpropelling the vessel can be supplied by the ordinary safety-bicycle nowin use; and with this object in view the invention consists in thepeculiar construction of the various parts and in their novelcombination and arrangement, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speci fication, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a water-cycle constructed in accordance with my inventionwith one of the propelling-wheels removed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view,the cycle being removed; and Fig. 3 is a detail view on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2, showing the mechanism for operating the rudders.

In carrying out my invention I employ two hulls or floats A, which aremade quite narrow and are provided with rudders A at their rear ends,said rudders being of the usual construction. The hulls A are connectedadjacent to their forward ends by means of a frame B and near their rearends by means of a frame 0, said frames being essentially rectangular inshape and made from light tubing. The frame 0 has two parallel members Dextending across the same, said bars or members being arrangedsubstantially along opposite sides of the longitudinal center of thedevice, and between said bars are mounted the grooved pulley-wheels Eand F, the pulley-wheel E being mounted upon a shaft E, While the pulleyF is mounted upon a shaft G, which extends beyond the frame 0 at eachend and is also journaled in the ends of said frame, and paddle-wheels Hare mounted upon the ends of said shaft. The

pulley-wheels E and F are grooved to receive the rear wheel I of theordinary safety-bicycle, said bicycle being held in place by thetie-rods K, connected to the ends of the frame 0 and provided with acollar K, adapted to fit around the top bar of the bicycle-frame.

It will thus be understood that by back-pedaling the cranks the rearwheel of the bicycle is revolved by the ordinary crank-and-chainmechanism and the pulley-wheel F will be revolved and drive thepaddle-wheels which propel the cycle along, the pulley-wheel E in thisinstance acting merely as a guide-wheel for holding the rear wheel ofthe bicycle in operative position against the pulley-wheel F. The frontwheel of the bicycle rests within a frame comprising the oval portion Land the depending arched bar L, said bar L having one half of aturn-table L mounted thereon, which is adapted to rest upon the otherhalf L mounted upon a bar connecting the members of the frame B, saidsections of the turntable being connected by means of a pivotal bolt Lso that whenever the handle-bar of the bicycle is turned the front wheelwill turn, and likewise the frame L, and in order to connect this frameL with the rudders I arrange laterally-projecting arms M extending fromeach side of the frame L, and tiller-arms N are pivotally mounted uponthe frame 0, as shown at N, and are connected at their opposite endswith the tiller-head of the adjacent rudder by means of cables or ropesN and the inner ends of the arms N are pivotally connected to the armsM, as shown at M, the said arms lWI being slotted longitudinally inorder to permit the pivot to move as the arms N turn upon their pivotsN. Thus it will be seen that when the handle-bar of the bicycle isturned to the right or left the frame L will be correspondingly turnedand operate the arms M, which in turn cause the arms N to be moved upontheir pivots and in parallel relation to each other, thereby insuring auniform and parallel movement in the rudders. By this means the courseof the cycle can be accurately governed. It will thus be seen that Iprovide simple and eflicient means for the operation of the device by anordinary bicycle and also provide for the control from the steering-heador handle-bar of said bicycle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a water-cycle the combination with the floats of a front frame anda rectangular rear frame connecting said floats, of two transverserods'extending across the rear frame, an idle pulley journaled in saidrods, a shaft extending longitudinally the rear frame and carryingpaddle-wheels on its respective ends, a drive-pulley on said shaft inline with the idle pulley adapted to be driven by the rear wheel of abicycle, a pivoted frame arranged upon the front frame and adapted toreceive the front wheel of a bicycle, laterally-project ing armsextending from the said pivoted frame and slotted longitudinally attheir outer ends, the tiller-arms pivoted upon the front frame andpivotally connected with the slotted arms, and the steering rods orcables connecting the tiller-arms and the rudders substantially asdescribed.

2. In a water-cycle, the combination with the floats, of a rectangularfront frame, and a rear frame connecting said floats, of thewheelreceiving frame L and a depending arched bar having one half of theturntable mounted thereon, a second bar connecting the members of thefront frame upon which the other half of the turn-table is mounted, thelaterally-projecting arms slotted at their outer ends, the tiller-armspivoted upon the front frame and pivotally connected with the slottedarms, and the steering cables or ropes connecting the tiller-arms andthe rudders substantially as described.

SYLVESTER R. PERRY. VVit-nesses:

WM. W. STACEY, JAMEs E. WILSON.

